Make Room for Fashion: Beauty Tips from an Insider

Last week I wrote about my chat with Julie Flakstad, founder of Blow, a chic hair salon in Manhattan, where I discovered some fabulous hair styling tips for women on the go. Not surprisingly, as a result of working in a hair salon around legions of women getting blow outs, this gal hears a lot of beauty tips and has become particularly in tune with what moms like us want and need when it comes to our beauty routines.And the good news is she was willing to share.

“As a mom to two small children, I’m all about ease with big impact,” says Flakstad. “So I don’t go a day without my power lashes by Dior.”

Next, Flakstad goes classic with a spritz of her longtime favorite scent Coco Channel Eau de Parfum, and swears by her go-to polish color for toes, Macks by Essie. “It’s a classic red,” she says, “With the perfect undertone of blue.”

“They are translucent pads that I put on my under eye area while I’m getting ready to go out,” says Flakstad, “And they completely refresh your eye area, reduce dark circles and puffiness and make you look younger.”

At $117 for six sachets, that’s almost $20 a pop so they had better work wonders. But I have to say, sometimes this mama needs a magic trick, so I’m dying to give them a try.